Woodworking machine



Jan. 12, 1937. H; E. TAUTZ woonwoaxme MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 4, 1934 N ES ES I I ATTORNEY Jan. 12, 1937. H. E. TAUTZ 2,057,652

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Filed Aug. 4, 1934 5 Sheets-Shet 2 Jan. 12, 1937. H. E. 'I 'AUTZ WOODWORKING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Aug. 4, 1934 Patented Jan. 1 2, 1937 I UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE woonwonmNG mcnmn Herbert E. 'lautz, Milwaukee, Wis. 7 Application August 4, 1934, Serial No. 738,479 Claims. (01. 143-35 ing table of any desired size to suit the require ments of the user.

Another object of the invention is to provide a I circular-saw machine which is so arranged as to permit economical manufacture, easy assembly, and convenient adjustment.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter described and claimed. 18 One embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a circular-saw ma chine constructed in accordance with the invention-,-parts being broken away and parts being shown in section, and two different positions of a swingable saw support being. shown in full lines and dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the machine, parts of the saw-table being broken away;

. Fig. 8 is anend view of the machine, parts being shown in section, and dotted lines showing the position .of the parts when the saw is tilted;

Fig. 4 is a. sectional elevation of the upper portion of the machine, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. w l, a tilted position of the saw being shown in dotted lines:

Fig. 5 is another sectional elevation of the upper portion oi! the machine, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, parts being broken away; as Fig. -6 is a top plan view of a tiltable saw housing, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;

Fig. '7 is a top plan view of one of a pair of trunnion brackets for supporting? the saw housing; 40 Fig. 8 is a top plan view of a sheet metal plate for supporting a slotted insert panel for the saw table, and I Fig. 9 is a bottom plan viewof one end portion of a mounting plate and its insert panel.

'45 In these drawings, i5 designates a flat horizontal' mounting plate having parallel opposite sides and preferably having rounded opposite ends. The mounting plate is. of metal'and is intended to be securedito awooden saw-table it of 50 any suitable size, the plate covering an opening i! in the table and being flush with the upper face of the table to form a work-supporting surface. The end portions of the plate ii are set into rabbets I8 in the table and are fastened to the table 4 by screws i9 passing through bores m the plate.

An elongated opening 2i is formed in the mounting plate and receives therein in flush relation an insert plate or panel 22 having'a slot 23 extending parallel to the side edges of the mounting plate to admit the upper portion of a circular- 5 saw 24. The insert 'plate is preferably formed by a soft metal die-casting. I

The saw 24 is carried on an arbor 25 rotatably mounted in a swingable member 26 and having a drive pulley 21 at its outer end, the saw-table 10 being suitably recessed to clear the pulley. The member 26 is of hollow cross-section and has a pairof axially spaced hubs 28 pivotally carried on a rod or shaft 28 parallel to the saw arbor y and secured to a tiltable metal frame or housing 15 3i! forming a sawdust chute. The frame or housing 30 has opposite end walls 3i and 32 which have respective arcuate ribs 83 formed thereon and movably fitting in laterally opening arcuate grooves 34 formed in metal trunnion brackets 35,. m The trunnion brackets have openings 3Q receiving screws 31 by which the brackets are secured to the under side of the mounting plate [5. The brackets define for the tiltable frame or housing a pivotal axis which preferably lies in the plane of a.

the saw 24 and which preferably lies substantially in the plane of the top surface of the mounting plate It.

' Sheet metal plates 38 are clamped between the brackets and the mounting plate to form sup- 30 ports for the insert panel 22 and are provided with openings 39 to pass the screws 81. The plates 88 extend over the upper edges of the end walls of i v the housing 30, so as to direct the passage of sawdust into the housing and to minimize 'de- 35 posit of sawdust between the brackets and these end walls. At one end of the opening 2i in the mounting plate a. notch or recess 40- is formed in the bottom iace of the plate to receive and retain a lug 4| 40 on the corresponding end of the insert panel. At its other end the insert panel is provided with a resilient retaining clip 42 and positioning pin 43 to enter respective openings 44 and 45 formed in the adjacent sheet metal plate 38. v 4,5

The tiltable frame or housing 30 has parallel side walls 46 and 41 between which the saw is located, and the bottom of the frame or housing slopes to a discharge opening 48 (Fig. 3) adjacent the end wall 3|. At its upper portion the frame 50 or housing is cut away at one side, as seen in Fig. 4, to permit tilting of the frame. The upper portions of the end walls 3i and 32 are extended beyond the side wall 46 to form end flanges which are connected at their upper edges by a flange 32, the rod being anchored in place-by a cross pin 53 (Fig. 4) passing through the lug and engaging the rod. The hubste of the arbor-supporting member 25' are mounted on the rod and straddle the lug 52. A collar 5 on the outer end of the rod confines the member 25 against lateral shifting on the rod.

A ribbed plate 55 1s adjustably carried by the lower end of the swingable member 2% and has secured thereto by screws b6 an electric motor 57.

The motor shaft has a pulley 58 which is drivingly connected to the saw arbor pulley 27 by a V-belt 59. The tension on the belt is adjusted by shifting the plate 55 which, in the present instance, is provided with parallel studs to slidably fitting in apertured lugs 6i formed on the lower end of the frame 26, the studs being secured in adjusted position in the lugs by set screws M.

A horizontal shaft 53 is joumalled in spaced lugs ts formed on 'the side wall dd of the tiltable frame 30 and projects beyond each end of the frame, the shaft extending parallel to the tilting axis of the frame 38 and being retainedagainst axial movement by collars t5 engaging the lugs. One end of the shaft is provided with a handwheel 66. The other end of the shaft, which is screw-threaded, carries, a nut or traveller 67 which is connected by a link as with a lug 69 formed on the lower end of the swingable member 26, the link having pivot pins it at opposite ends retained in place by cotter pins ll. By turning the hand-wheel 68, the nut 67 is caused to move along the shaft, thereby shifting the sable member 26 to adjust the projection of the circular saw above the table. The axis of the shaft 63 remains fixed with respect to the frame adjusted positions of the swingable member 26.

Means are also provided for adjusting the angle of the saw with respect to the saw-table. In the present instance, a forked bracket 12 is secured I by screws 13 to the lower portion of the side wall 41 of the tiltable frame or housing 30. An internally screw-threaded sleeve i4 is transversely trunnioned in the bracket 12 by screws I5 and is engaged by a threaded shaft 16 which is inclined and may extend toward either side of the sawtable. Near its outer end the shaft, 18' ii. journalled in a bearing 'l'l havingaswingable mount-g ing on a. bracket 1B secured by screws I9 to any suitable part of the saw-bench, such as the under side of the saw-table. A hand-wheel so on the outer end of the shaft'lb serves to turn the shaft and thus adjust the angle of the saw, the bearing .11 being placed between the hand-wheel and a collar 80' on the shaft. The-shaft I8 is preferably provided with stop nuts H to engage the sleeve 14 and thereby predetermine angular positions of the saw, such as the vertical position and a position 45 from the vertical.

In order to provide durable guides fora slidable gauge, a pair of parallel upwardly opening metal channel bars 82 are let into the wooden saw-table it near and paralielto opposite side edges of the mounting plate I! and are secured to the saw-table by screws 83.

In mounting the circular-saw it is only necessary for the user to construct a saw-bench aoc'aeea Iii in all.

able member.

a wooden saw-table it of any desired size having recesses to receive the mounting plate It and channel bars 82, and to secure the parts in place. The mounting plate 85 is detached from the housing to and is used as a guide for cutting the opening H and rabbets l8 in the saw-table. The mounting plate is then secured to the saw-table, and the housing brackets 35 are subsequently attached to the plate. The channel bars 82 are cut oif to suit the length of the table. The shaft 16 may extend toward either side of the table to suit the convenience ofthe user.

Since the saw arbor and motor are both carried by the same shiftable member, the belt tension and relative position of the pulleys are not disturbed when the saw adjustments are eflected, and the user has unobstructed access to all sidm of the saw-table.

The rounded shape of themounting plate ends I and the table-rabbets prevents catching of the front edge of the work as theworh is fed to the saw.

The metal channel bars d2 their relation to the saw-table and power saw unit form" cubject-matter described and claimed in my co pending application for Saw tables, Serial No.

37,153, filed August 21, 1935; and, the mounting and angular adjustment of the power saw unit mounting plate with respect to the table form subject-matter described andclaimed in my copending application for mountings, Serial No. 37,154, filed August 21, 1935.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a wood-working machine, the combination of a topmember having a cutter opening, a

frame tiltably carried by said top member, a cutter arbor, an arbor-supporting member bly carried by said frame gfor raising and lowering said arbor, and a rotary shaft journalled in said frame and extending along an axis fixed with rebrackets secured below said top member and an open-top cutter housing carried by said brackets, and plates clamped between said top member and brackets for supporting said'insert panel, said plates extending over the upper edges of said housing.

3. In a. wood-working machine, the combination of a top member having a cutter op i an arbor having a cutter, a shiftable member for carrying said arbor, a tiltable member for supporting said shiftable member and carried by said top member, means for displacing said tiltable member to adjust the angle of the cutter with respect to said top member, a rotatable, shaft carried by said tiitable member, said sbaftbeing restrained against longitudinal movement and an axis fixed with respect to saidtiltable member and extending substantially to the tilting axis of said tiitable member in all posmells of said shiftable member, and means connecting said shaft and sbiftable member for raising and lowering the arbor carried by'sald shift- 4. In a wood-workng macbine, the combination ofa top member having assw opening. a

swingable saw housing below said top member having opposite end walls provided at their outer sides with arouate bearing surfaces, said housing having an apertured wall connecting said end walls, brackets secured below said top member and forming supports for saidihousing-bearing surfaces to define for said housing a pivotal axis lying substantially in the top plane of said top member, a saw arbor extending through said apertured wall, and an arbor-supporting member shiitably carried by said housing.

5. In a wood-working machin the combination of a top member having a saw opening, a saw housing below said top member having oppo- 15 site side walls and opposite end walls, one or said side walls being apertured, said end walls at their outer sides having arcuate bearing surfaces, spaced brackets secured to the underside of said top member and forming supports for said housing bearing suriaces to define for said housin a pivotal axis lying substantially in the top plane of said top member, a saw arbor extending through said apertured side wall, and an arborsupporting member having a swingable mounting on said housing on an axis parallel to the arbor ems to vary the elevation of the saw, said mounting including a pivot member carried by one of mid end walls and one of said side walls.

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